Originally published at: https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/03/26/nfl-rams-salary-cap-space-cuts-restructure/Few teams have been as inactive on the free-agent market this season as the Los Angeles Rams. That’s no surprise, either. They came into the offseason with limited cap space, bloated contracts and Jalen Ramsey still to pay. They cut Todd Gurley and Clay Matthews, and declined Nickell Robey-Coleman’s 2020 option, all to free up…

Ram’s have 6.9 mill in cap space, right now. Ram's will get another 5.5 mill coming on June 2nd. That is a grand total of 12.4 mill in cap. Floyd signed a 1 year deal with the Ram’s worth 10 mill, and Blythe signed a 1 year deal worth lets say worth 2.5 to 3 mill. Now as mentioned in and earlier article, we don’t know the structure of these deals yet, but I think it is safe to say the structure won’t change that much, since both players only signed 1 year deals. If you add up what both deals will cost the Ram’s it comes to 12.5 to 13 mill. Ram’s could have just enough cap to cover both of these deals, or perhaps even come up a little light. As it stands right now the Ram’s wouldn’t have enough cap left to resign Zuerlien, unless I am missing something, or sign there draft class, let alone bring in a veteran FA. So unless the Ram’s restructure Goff’s contract, something they should have done a month before FA started if possible, freeing up 16.8 mill in cap and allowing them to resign Whitworth, Blythe, Coleman, and perhaps Littleton, depending on guaranteed money, with around 4 mill in cap left. Add in the 5 mill in savings, from cutting Matthews, and the 5.5 mill from releasing Gurley, and that comes to a grand total of $ 14.5 mill in cap. Enough, to resign Brocker’s, or the FA tackle they did sign, who was released from Detroit. This is just food for thought. With Kupps and Johnson’s contracts expiring at the end of the 2020 season, and Jalen Ramsey still needing to get paid, in 2021, perhaps the Ram’s thought giving Littleton a 3 year deal, and Brockers a 3 year deal, would have been to rich, depending on the Cap space the Ram’s have under the new CBA agreement in 2021, and 2022. But the Ram’s would have had enough cap to make this work for 1 season, and perhaps more and IMO fielded a better team for 2020. What killed it was the either the decision, or inability to restructure Goff’s contract, before FA began. Who’s deal the Ram’s can restructure now, or who they can trade, or will axe remains to be seen. The article gave you some ideas. What ever happens the Ram’s could sure use some extra cap.